{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "baserow", "name": "Baserow", "vendor": "Baserow B.V.", "vendorUrl": "https://baserow.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "spreadsheets", "summary": "Baserow is an open-source database of typed rows in tables, sold as a hosted cloud and as software to self-host. Agents reach it through a REST API with database tokens and a built-in MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/baserow", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/baserow.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/baserow.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/baserow.json", "repo": "https://github.com/baserow/baserow", "license": "MIT for the core, including the REST API and the MCP server. Code under premium/ and enterprise/ is source-available under Baserow's own licences and needs a paid subscription in production. Docs are CC BY-SA 4.0", "transports": [ "http", "sse" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.baserow.io", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve. A signed-in user creates a database token in the workspace settings, choosing the tables it can reach and whether it may create, read, update or delete rows. Tokens don't expire and can be regenerated or deleted. They cover rows only, so changing tables or fields needs a JWT from `/api/user/token-auth/` with the account's email and password, which carries the user's full access. The MCP server has no token header or OAuth. Each endpoint is a URL holding a 32-character key that carries the creating user's access across one workspace, and deleting the endpoint revokes it. On Enterprise licences only workspace admins and builders can create database tokens.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free cloud plan with 3,000 rows and 2 GB of storage per workspace, so an agent can start without a contract. Premium is $10 a user a month billed yearly ($12 monthly) and Advanced $18 ($22 monthly), Enterprise through sales. API calls aren't priced, the MCP server is on every plan, and there's no separate sandbox. The self-hosted core is free with no row or request limits (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$10 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the OpenAPI description, the MCP docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 7, "popularity": { "githubStars": 6098, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://baserow.io/user-docs/database-api", "llmsTxt": "https://baserow.io/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.baserow.io/api/schema.json", "capabilities": [ "sheets.records", "sheets.read", "sheets.write", "sheets.tables", "sheets.formulas" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "self-hosted", "open-source", "mcp", "free-tier", "api-key", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 276, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 40, "reliability": 65, "schema": 77, "security": 54, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Database tokens are limited to chosen tables and to create, read, update or delete, and the REST API has a public OpenAPI description with batch calls of 200 rows. The MCP server authenticates with a key in its URL, runs over SSE only and has no read-only mode. Cloud requests are capped at 10 at a time.", "bestFor": "Teams that want Airtable-style typed tables they can also self-host, with row-level reads and writes by an agent through table-scoped tokens or a small MCP tool set.", "strengths": [ "Database tokens are limited to one workspace, to chosen tables and to create, read, update or delete, and can be regenerated or deleted", "Public OpenAPI 3.0.3 description at api.baserow.io/api/schema.json with 424 operations and an enum of error codes on each response", "The MCP server exposes 7 tools with typed inputs, and its descriptions tell the caller to read the table schema before writing", "List rows takes `include`, `exclude`, `size`, `filters`, `search`, `order_by` and `view_id`, so responses can be sized", "The core, including the REST API and the MCP server, is MIT-licensed and can be self-hosted with no row or request limits" ], "weaknesses": [ "The MCP endpoint's key sits in the URL path, and the docs say it grants full access to modify data in the workspace", "The MCP server speaks only the older SSE transport, with no OAuth, no read-only mode and no tool annotations", "Table and field changes over REST need a JWT obtained with the account's email and password, since database tokens cover rows only", "No SLA, security.txt, sub-processor list or published DPA text was found, and the privacy policy carries no date or retention periods", "No official client library was found, and Baserow isn't in the official MCP registry under its own namespace" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create a database token with only the tables and operations needed. It can't change tables or fields, which need a JWT from `/api/user/token-auth/`", "Send `Authorization: Token YOUR_DATABASE_TOKEN`, and add `user_field_names=true` or rows come back keyed as `field_123`", "Use the `/batch/` endpoints for up to 200 rows a call, and keep to 10 requests in flight on Baserow Cloud", "Treat the MCP URL as a password. Keep it out of logs and version control, and delete the endpoint to revoke it", "Over MCP, call `get_table_schema` before `create_rows` or `update_rows`, and page `list_table_rows` with `page` and `size`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 40, "reliability": 65, "schema": 77, "security": 54, "transparency": 49 }, "provenanceScore": 80 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \\\n-X GET \\\n-H \"Authorization: Token YOUR_DATABASE_TOKEN\" \\\n\"https://api.baserow.io/api/database/fields/table/TABLE_ID/\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "Baserow MCP": { "url": "YOUR_MCP_URL_HERE" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/sheets.records", "tool": "https://letme.dev/baserow" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Premium (cloud)", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 10, "note": "billed yearly, $12 billed monthly, 50,000 rows per workspace" }, { "item": "Advanced (cloud)", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 18, "note": "billed yearly, $22 billed monthly, 250,000 rows per workspace" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Baserow B.V.", "domain": "baserow.io", "domainRegistered": "2019-01-19", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://baserow.io/terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://baserow.io/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.baserow.org", "changelog": "https://github.com/baserow/baserow/blob/develop/changelog.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The General Terms and Conditions name Baserow B.V., a Dutch private company with its registered office at Keurenplein 4, Amsterdam, trade register number 81129254. The page carries no date.", "The privacy policy is the only one found. It is written for visitors to baserow.io, mentions account registration, carries no date and names no retention periods. The terms incorporate a Data Processing Agreement by reference, and no public copy was found.", "The REST API and the MCP server answer at api.baserow.io, a baserow.io subdomain. The status page is on a separate domain, status.baserow.org, hosted by Better Stack.", "baserow.io/.well-known/security.txt and api.baserow.io/.well-known/security.txt return 404. SECURITY.md in the repository gives an email address for vulnerability reports.", "RDAP for baserow.io gives a registration date of 2019-01-19." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/baserow.json", "live": { "slug": "baserow", "probe": { "target": "https://api.baserow.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:40.566752331Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 98, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 98, "p95ms24h": 143, "samples24h": 19, "samples30d": 19, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 19, "ok": 19 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.baserow.org", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T17:50:24.00016072Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/baserow/baserow/develop/changelog.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:01.724744684Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2a6db4300826" }, { "url": "https://baserow.io/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:31.424595879Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9e86e4bd4127" }, { "url": "https://baserow.io/terms-and-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:33.545863734Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1d9e20c33e8e" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:40.566752331Z" } }, "answer": "Baserow scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)'s 58.5 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "microsoft-excel-graph", "name": "Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)", "vendor": "Microsoft", "vendorUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/excel-concept-overview", "kind": "http-api", "category": "spreadsheets", "summary": "Workbook endpoints of Microsoft Graph for Excel files stored in OneDrive for work or school and SharePoint. Calls read and write ranges, tables, charts and named items, and run Excel worksheet functions on a file in place.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-excel-graph", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-excel-graph.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-excel-graph.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/microsoft-excel-graph.json", "repo": "https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-javascript", "license": "MIT (SDKs)", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "msgraph-sdk" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 tokens from Microsoft Entra ID, after a person registers an app. Registration is self-serve, with no partner or sales approval. The workbook reference pages list delegated permissions only, with Files.ReadWrite as least privileged, and mark application permissions as not supported. The overview page names Files.Read for read actions. A delegated token reaches every file its user can open.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "Workbook calls carry no per-call charge. Microsoft's list of metered Graph APIs names only SharePoint and OneDrive `assignSensitivityLabel`, at $0.00185 a call (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/metered-api-list). Files must sit in OneDrive for work or school or SharePoint, which need a Microsoft 365 licence. The Microsoft 365 plan price page refused our reader on 2026-10-08. A free Microsoft 365 E5 developer sandbox is limited to Visual Studio subscribers and members of named partner programmes (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/developer-program/microsoft-365-developer-program-faq).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the workbook documentation or the metered API list (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 835, "npmWeekly": 2882852, "pypiWeekly": 1578201, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/excel", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-metadata/master/openapi/v1.0/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "sheets.read", "sheets.write", "sheets.tables", "sheets.formulas" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "oauth", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2025-09-19", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 58.5, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 399, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 53, "payments": 15, "reliability": 62, "schema": 85, "security": 65, "transparency": 75 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-06-16: a fix for a token leak through URL userinfo host confusion was merged into msgraph-sdk-javascript and the version set to 3.0.8, but npm still served 3.0.7 on 8 October 2026 and the repository lists no published advisory. Exploiting it needs an attacker-influenced URL passed to the client, and it affects agents that call the workbook API through that client (https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-javascript/commit/5438ae90f50ef15d3656f0cf9c5485deee351f19, https://registry.npmjs.org/@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client/latest)" ], "verdict": "Ranges, tables, charts and 366 worksheet function endpoints are reachable over REST with a public OpenAPI, and a non-persistent session lets an agent test changes without saving them. The reference pages list delegated permissions only, with Files.ReadWrite as the least privileged scope, and writes take no idempotency key.", "bestFor": "Agents working on .xlsx files that already live in a Microsoft 365 tenant, and for using Excel's calculation engine through function endpoints.", "strengths": [ "Non-persistent sessions (`persistChanges: false`) keep changes in a temporary copy, so an agent can calculate or test edits without saving", "The OpenAPI for Graph v1.0 holds 1,442 workbook paths and 1,765 operations, 366 of the paths for worksheet functions", "Error handling guide gives a retry instruction for each of 22 required second-level error codes", "Throttling limits are published at 5,000 requests per 10 seconds per app and 1,500 per app per tenant, with `Retry-After` on throttled responses", "Microsoft's policy is at least 24 months' notice before a generally available Graph API is removed" ], "weaknesses": [ "Reference pages list delegated permissions only and mark application permissions as not supported", "Files.ReadWrite is the least privileged permission on the reference pages, even for reading a range or listing rows", "No idempotency key on writes. The row-add page says to repeat the request on a 504", "Cell values, formulas and number formats are untyped JSON in the OpenAPI", "The last Workbooks and charts changelog entry is dated 19 September 2025, and the overview page is dated March 2024" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create a session with POST /workbook/createSession and send `workbook-session-id` on every call. Persistent sessions expire after about 5 minutes idle", "Set `persistChanges` to false when you only need a calculation or a chart image, so nothing is saved to the file", "Send one request at a time per workbook and wait for each response. Microsoft warns that parallel writes cause throttling, timeouts and merge conflicts", "Add rows in one call with a two-dimensional `values` array, and check the table before repeating a row add that returned 504", "Read bounded addresses such as A1:D500. A whole-column range such as C:C returns null for values, and writes to it are refused" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 58.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 53, "payments": 15, "reliability": 62, "schema": 85, "security": 65, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 85 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/worksheets \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $MS_GRAPH_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"workbook-session-id: $SESSION_ID\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/sheets.read", "tool": "https://letme.dev/microsoft-excel-graph" }, "sameCompany": [ "azure-foundry-fine-tuning", "azure-ai-content-safety", "azure-speech-to-text", "azure-text-to-speech", "microsoft-agent-framework", "microsoft-execution-containers", "microsoft-entra-agent-id", "azure-key-vault", "azure-devops-mcp", "microsoft-learn-mcp", "playwright-mcp", "azure-mcp", "azure-translator", "microsoft-graph-calendar", "dynamics-365-sales", "microsoft-advertising-api", "outlook-mail-graph" ], "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Microsoft Corporation", "domain": "microsoft.com", "domainRegistered": "1991-05-02", "domainNote": "The endpoint is on graph.microsoft.com. microsoft.com publishes a security.txt, but it passed its Expires date on 2026-09-23.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/microsoft-apis/terms-of-use", "privacy": "https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement", "statusPage": "https://status.cloud.microsoft", "changelog": "https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/changelog", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "www.microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt still carries Expires 2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z when read on 2026-10-08.", "The Microsoft service health page at status.cloud.microsoft needs JavaScript to show anything.", "The Microsoft APIs terms of use name Microsoft Corporation and were last updated in October 2025.", "The Microsoft privacy statement was last updated in September 2026.", "RDAP for microsoft.com gives a registration date of 1991-05-02." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-excel-graph.json", "live": { "slug": "microsoft-excel-graph", "probe": { "target": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:53.210480105Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 9, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 25, "p95ms24h": 57, "samples24h": 42, "samples30d": 42, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 42, "ok": 42 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.cloud.microsoft", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:36:56.168932402Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-javascript", "version": "3.0.7", "released": "2023-09-19", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:40.005701271Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client", "version": "3.0.7", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:38.997085198Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "msgraph-sdk", "version": "1.64.0", "released": "2026-10-06", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:39.875494563Z" } ], "githubStars": 835, "npmWeekly": 2882852, "pypiWeekly": 1578201, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "expired", "expires": "2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:08.216544687Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:14.635541799Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "7bb1f9551c94" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:53.210480105Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Baserow B.V.", "b": "Microsoft", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.baserow.io", "b": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, SSE (legacy)", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Your plan", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT for the core, including the REST API and the MCP server. 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Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Baserow or Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)?" }, { "answer": "Baserow needs an API key. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Baserow and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Baserow has a hosted endpoint at https://api.baserow.io and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) at https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0.", "question": "Can an agent call Baserow and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Baserow is open source (MIT for the core, including the REST API and the MCP server. Code under premium/ and enterprise/ is source-available under Baserow's own licences and needs a paid subscription in production. Docs are CC BY-SA 4.0). 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Both do sheets read.\n\n- Baserow: grade B, 63.6/100, rank #276 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/baserow.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/baserow.json\n- Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API): grade C, 58.5/100, rank #399 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-excel-graph.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/microsoft-excel-graph.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Baserow (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that want Airtable-style typed tables they can also self-host, with row-level reads and writes by an agent through table-scoped tokens or a small MCP tool set.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 15\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 53\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n- No incidents deducted, where Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: The MCP endpoint's key sits in the URL path, and the docs say it grants full access to modify data in the workspace\n\n### Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) (C)\n\nGood for: Agents working on .xlsx files that already live in a Microsoft 365 tenant, and for using Excel's calculation engine through function endpoints.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 77\n- Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 54\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 65\n\nWatch for: Reference pages list delegated permissions only and mark application permissions as not supported\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Baserow | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 62 | Baserow +3 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 85 | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 73 | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 54 | 65 | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) +11 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 15 | Baserow +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 53 | Baserow +19 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 75 | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.6 · B** | **58.5 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Baserow | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Baserow B.V. | Microsoft |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.baserow.io` | `https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0` |\n| Transports | HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Your plan |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT for the core, including the REST API and the MCP server. Code under premium/ and enterprise/ is source-available under Baserow's own licences and needs a paid subscription in production. Docs are CC BY-SA 4.0 | MIT (SDKs) |\n| Tools exposed | 7 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2025-09-19 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-10-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 6.1k stars | 835 stars, 2.9M npm/wk, 1.6M PyPI/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Baserow.** Database tokens are limited to chosen tables and to create, read, update or delete, and the REST API has a public OpenAPI description with batch calls of 200 rows. The MCP server authenticates with a key in its URL, runs over SSE only and has no read-only mode. Cloud requests are capped at 10 at a time.\n\n**Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API).** Ranges, tables, charts and 366 worksheet function endpoints are reachable over REST with a public OpenAPI, and a non-persistent session lets an agent test changes without saving them. The reference pages list delegated permissions only, with Files.ReadWrite as the least privileged scope, and writes take no idempotency key.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Baserow\n\n1. Create a database token with only the tables and operations needed. It can't change tables or fields, which need a JWT from `/api/user/token-auth/`\n2. Send `Authorization: Token YOUR_DATABASE_TOKEN`, and add `user_field_names=true` or rows come back keyed as `field_123`\n3. Use the `/batch/` endpoints for up to 200 rows a call, and keep to 10 requests in flight on Baserow Cloud\n4. Treat the MCP URL as a password. Keep it out of logs and version control, and delete the endpoint to revoke it\n5. Over MCP, call `get_table_schema` before `create_rows` or `update_rows`, and page `list_table_rows` with `page` and `size`\n\n### Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)\n\n1. Create a session with POST /workbook/createSession and send `workbook-session-id` on every call. Persistent sessions expire after about 5 minutes idle\n2. Set `persistChanges` to false when you only need a calculation or a chart image, so nothing is saved to the file\n3. Send one request at a time per workbook and wait for each response. Microsoft warns that parallel writes cause throttling, timeouts and merge conflicts\n4. Add rows in one call with a two-dimensional `values` array, and check the table before repeating a row add that returned 504\n5. Read bounded addresses such as A1:D500. A whole-column range such as C:C returns null for values, and writes to it are refused\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Baserow or Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)?\n\nBaserow scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)'s 58.5 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Baserow and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) need an API key?\n\nBaserow needs an API key. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) uses an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Baserow and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) without installing anything?\n\nYes. Baserow has a hosted endpoint at https://api.baserow.io and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) at https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0.\n\n### Are Baserow and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) open source?\n\nBaserow is open source (MIT for the core, including the REST API and the MCP server. Code under premium/ and enterprise/ is source-available under Baserow's own licences and needs a paid subscription in production. Docs are CC BY-SA 4.0). No open-source release is listed for Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baserow-vs-microsoft-excel-graph.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baserow-vs-microsoft-excel-graph.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"baserow\", \"b\": \"microsoft-excel-graph\"}`. 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